Animals abandon deep-sea mining areas for over a year
14 July 2023
Fish, shrimp and other creatures were found in much lower numbers 13 months after a deep-sea mining test in the Pacific Ocean
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Rare earth elements for smartphones can be extracted from coal waste
9 February 2022
Recycling rare earth elements from the ash left over from coal burning is cheaper, easier and more environmentally friendly than digging them out of mines
Race to start commercial deep-sea mining puts ecosystems at risk
8 December 2021
Governments are meeting in Jamaica this week to decide how rules for commercial mining of metals on the ocean floor will be thrashed out, but there are big sticking points
Will a scramble to mine metals undermine the clean energy revolution?
10 November 2021
Creating green technologies like batteries and solar panels requires a lot of minerals, and a lot of mining. The challenge now is to extract what we need without destroying the environment
This stunning map shows why everyone is fighting over the Arctic
30 January 2019
The environmentally damaging melting of polar ice is also exposing minerals, archaeological wonders and even ice volcanoes and there's a race to get to them
World without sand: The race to save a precious resource
14 February 2018
From electronics to concrete, modern life depends on sand. With supplies running low and mines harming the environment, it’s time to use it smarter
Robotic underwater miners can go where humans can't
23 October 2017
This aquatic drone can crawl down abandoned pits to get the treasure that’s too dangerous for humans to reach, which may mean a future with fewer new mines
Sea snakes are turning black in response to industrial pollution
10 August 2017
Indo-Pacific sea snakes living in polluted waters near industrial areas have darker bodies – perhaps because pollutants bind better to their dark skin pigment
See the 'tuskers' hunting woolly mammoths in Siberian permafrost
19 July 2017
It's an entrepreneurial horse race in some of the poorest villages in Siberia, as "tuskers" hope to strike it rich by selling prehistoric ivory to Chinese buyers
